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Deadline extended for Call for Challenge entries for iEvoBio conference
by Hilmar Lapp 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

The deadline for submitting entries to the Challenge held by conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio) has been extended by one week to June 20, 2011. The iEvoBio Challenge is a competition to create a new software tool, or add a new feature or features to an existing platform. Entries to the Challenge need to respond to its theme, which for 2011 is "Data Integration". Further information on the nature of challenge entries and how to submit them can be found on the iEvoBio website at http://ievobio.org/challenge.html . Selected candidates will make short oral presentations to demonstrate their work in a "Challenge session" at the conference, and if suitable will automatically be entered into the Software Bazaar track of the conference. The winning entries will be selected by a vote of the iEvoBio meeting participants, and will be awarded cash prizes. Challenge entries are only 1 of 5 kinds of contributed content that iEvoBio will feature. The other 4 are: 1) Full talks (closed), 2) Lightning talks, 3) Software Bazaar entries, and 4) Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings. All tracks except Full Talks remain open(see http://ievobio.org/ocs/index.php/ievobio/2011/) . More details about the program and guidelines for contributing content are available at http://ievobio.org. You can also find continuous updates on the conference's Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/ iEvoBio , or subscribe to the low-traffic iEvoBio announcements mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/ievobio-announce iEvoBio is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in partnership with the Society for the Study of Ecolution (SSE) and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). Additional support has been provided by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The iEvoBio 2011 Organizing Committee: Rob Guralnick (University of Colorado at Boulder) (Co-chair) Cynthia Parr (Encyclopedia of Life) (Co-chair) Dawn Field (UK National Environmental Research Center) Mark Holder (University of Kansas) Hilmar Lapp (NESCent) Rod Page (University of Glasgow)

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Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings for Conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio)
by Hilmar Lapp 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

In anticipation of the 2011 conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio), we solicit all attendees to propose and discuss Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings. See below for details. Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings (BoFs) are informal, ad-hoc, focused face-to-face discussion groups that form around a shared interest. BoFs can also take the form of a hands-on software tutorial on using a tool, or on programming an API. BoFs have a leader (usually, but not necessarily, the proposer) who initiates or moderates the discussion. The topics of BoFs can range widely, including general cultural or computational infrastructure issues, or narrower questions such as how to make the best use of a particular software tool or how to solve a particular computational challenge. Anyone willing to lead such a group can propose a BoF. iEvoBio will provide space that can accommodate up to 8-10 BoFs. Sign-up sheets will be provided on-site on the first day of the conference where attendees can propose a BoF or sign up for one proposed by someone else. BoFs will be about 1-1.5 hours in duration and take place in the afternoon of the second day of the conference. In line with their informal nature, there is no official prior call for or submission of BoFs. However, we encourage those intending to propose one to sound out or rally potential attendees ahead of time. We suggest to employ Twitter (http://twitter.com) for this, using the #ievobioBof tag to mark BoF proposals and comments. Similarly, users interested in seeing a hands-on tutorial BoF about their favorite tool are encouraged to use similar means to give tool developers a sense of the community interest in a tutorial BoF, and what common usage (or programming) questions are. Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings are only 1 of 5 kinds of contributed content that iEvoBio will feature. The other 4 are: 1) Full talks (closed), 2) Lightning talks, 3) Challenge entries, and 4) Software Bazaar entries. All Calls except for Full Talks remain open (see http://ievobio.org/ocs/index.php/ievobio/2011/) . More details about the program and guidelines for contributing content are available at http://ievobio.org. You can also find continuous updates on the conference's Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/iEvoBio. iEvoBio is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in partnership with the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). Additional support has been provided by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The iEvoBio 2011 Organizing Committee: Rob Guralnick (University of Colorado at Boulder) (Co-chair) Cynthia Parr (Encyclopedia of Life) (Co-chair) Dawn Field (UK National Environmental Research Center) Mark Holder (University of Kansas) Hilmar Lapp (NESCent) Rod Page (University of Glasgow)

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